Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-11

! inWardness of things, and every day YOU
! pass men who, anywhere, save ct the DO
litical capital, would be the talk of the
town. But the WaShingtonians have be
GENE used to it, for here everybody, who
is ANYBODY, has, or is irving to, cut fig
ure IN politics. But we are not to moral
! iZe on WASHINGTON society, we are to write
/ Of the home lie Of Morrison r. Waite.
a have said, the personal appearance
/ Of the Chief Justice is not very imposing;
{ hut do not mean 20 infer that il is the
reverse. II. is Of medium height, with 4
a-ure as s.vlig5t IS an arrow despite
his age, and 3 large, well Doissd head,
c0gerad with hair almost as white as
snow. His face is thoughtful Snd
/ kindly. A rather la~ge nose, respect
! ably timed; dark, keen, piercing eyes and
{ heavy chin and law covered with thick,
well KEPT Whisk -, make up an ensem-
ole tba5 irstinct.yely max s one father
the wish th.t the man YES our friend.
When he puts or his lOng, ST X robe and
with dfgIified mien ascends tie bench, he
is & ittie different His face loses lit
fla ofits Cherry expression; he looks dig
nifieG AID wise, as BELTS his office, and
apnears The very embodiment of the lust
iu6ga.
Before we 90 with him 20 his home,
suppose W. lingsr q while in the Supreme
court and get few facts shout the public
Life of the Chief Justice. PERHAPS there
was no more surprised man in the
Union than Judge Waite in 1876, when
he was appointed to the highest place on
the Supreme bench. He was scarcely
known outside of his home in Toledo,
and had not been mentioned for the po-
sition. His appointment was great
surprise, but no one had word
to urge against him. No one seemed to
know snrthing about the gentleman, so
he was confirmed by the Senate without
any opposition and came to the capital to
live. Unlike most of his predeces-
sors he had his reputation to make after
he got to the top OF the ladder, and, per-
hsp5, everyone now admits that he has
won name honestly aud without Chi
care!y. He does not advertise himself
before the public; he does not, as some
Of his predecessors have done, try to use
his high position as & s.epping-stone to
the presidency, but goes quietly along
doing his duty faithfully, attending to
the business ct the nation aui making q
reputation that wall compare .favora5lY
with that OF Marshall, Chase GEd Taney. |
Perhaps, h. is not as great as were some
OF these but the Sge seems rather to call
for useful than for great men.
Justice Waite came from family of
lawyers. Over 200 years ago his ances- |
tors settled in Connecticut, and even TIL 4 |
there were lawyers amorg them. Hi !
father was at enc time Chief Justice Of
his native state, and the family are very |
prominent there. The present Judge !
Walte was the you0Eg>; q eight children, |
aud was born 1T Lyme, Com, Htile
over severity yaSrs ago. lie entered Yale ,
College at seventeen and grsdurted at
twenty-one in class which numbered |
among lis members such men IS W.liiSmt
VI. Evarts. Edwards PierreqAnt, E7nj1pfH
Si!limsn and mauF others who have ssIee .
become distinguished in every vocation OF |
life. Leaving college he studied Law with
his father, but before he was admitted to
tae bar he got the western fever, which
was then raging, and emigrated to
Ohio, where he finished his studies
and commenced to practice, or rather he
hung out his single in Toledo, Ohio.
After awhile he built up lucrative prac-
tice and was known as one of the promi-
nent citizens OF the growing young town.
He never held but one public office be-
fore he was made Chief-Justice. In 1919
while he was still comparatively young
man, he was elected to represent Toledo
in the Legislature. He didn't go to do
1t; it wasn't his fault. He didn't want
the office. He protested his unhtness.
But he was only human; he dld as every
other American would have done-he SC
cepted the nomination.
The Chief-Justice is a man who likes to :
De at home, and most of his
lime IS spent in his pleasant res !
dence on L street. The house is
large orick edltlce, and there are
;lusterea around II, perhaps, the resi-